Who got the meat? What 10,000 years of European bones suggest about diet inequality
Strategic angle: Access to nutritious food has been historically unequal, with meat being a coveted resource in pre-industrial Europe.
Editorial Staff Apr 7
Nutrition
Latest Nutrition stories from Life.
Briefing: High-throughput platform helps engineer fast-acting covalent protein drugs
Strategic angle: A team at Westlake University has developed a new platform to create rapid-acting protein therapeutics.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Your post-gym protein shake may get a taste upgrade: Manufacturing can improve whey protein drink palatability
Strategic angle: New research suggests that the taste and texture of protein shakes can be enhanced by modifying whey protein production methods.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Why this Stanford psychiatrist thinks diet can influence serious mental health disorders
Strategic angle: Shebani Sethi is at the vanguard of metabolic psychiatry, a field that investigates the link between diet and serious mental health disorders.
Editorial Staff Mar 30
Briefing: Researchers Describe Protein Structure in Microbes for Light Conversion
Strategic angle: New findings reveal how certain microbes can be harnessed for energy-dense biofuels.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Opinion: Future physicians need more nutrition education — but not of the MAHA variety
Strategic angle: Credible nutrition educators and scientists need to be closely involved as medical schools add more instruction on nutrition.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Hearing research traces evolution of key inner ear protein
Strategic angle: A study reveals the evolutionary journey of TMC1, a crucial protein for hearing, highlighting its rapid movements in the inner ear.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: A tiny protein tweak, finally traceable: How light-based tagging targets pyroglutamate
Strategic angle: Amino acids are like Lego blocks—they can be linked together to form complex structures called proteins.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Mining a methane-degrading bioreactor for protein rubies
Strategic angle: Scientists discover a new iron-storing protein in methane-degrading microbes, highlighting the need for characterizing hard-to-isolate proteins.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Danone to buy protein shake maker Huel as health nutrition craze drives demand shift
Strategic angle: Merging the companies is an opportunity in fast-growing nutrition space, said Danone CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Much ado about protein
Strategic angle: Why is my local Target selling protein powder in the tampon aisle? An investigation.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: How an RNA-binding protein detects and responds to non-optimal codon usage in human cells
Strategic angle: Exploring the role of RNA-binding proteins in gene expression and protein synthesis.
Editorial Staff Mar 19
Briefing: Plant survival under three simultaneous stressors may hinge on a single protein
Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered certain proteins may be the key to saving plants' lives when multiple stressors hit at the same time.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Diverse C-terminal variation rewires protein stability in health and disease
Strategic angle: Proteins are the tiny machines that keep our cells running, and how long they last in the cell often determines how well they can do their job.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Protein sequencing advance offers new insights into life's foundations
Strategic angle: Proteins, one of the smallest building blocks of life on Earth, hold promise for answering some of biology's biggest questions.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: AI Analysis of Nanoribbon Assembly Reveals Protein Design Principles
Strategic angle: New findings suggest incorporating physical forces in protein design algorithms for better outcomes.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Enhanced fluorescence technique illuminates rapid, coordinated protein folding
Strategic angle: A team of US researchers has gained new insights into how large protein molecules consistently fold themselves into useful shapes.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: Fortified salad packs a healthy punch to meet a growing vitamin B12 need
Strategic angle: A pioneering research-industry partnership has utilized indoor farming technology to grow vitamin B12 fortified pea shoots, addressing a significant public health need.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: New view of 'frameshifting' shows how genetic info can get 'lost in translation'
Strategic angle: Christine Dunham explores the complexities of the ribosome and its role in protein synthesis.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: How climate-friendly is insect protein really?
Strategic angle: Exploring the sustainability and nutritional benefits of black soldier fly larvae as a protein source.
Editorial Staff Mar 11